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Cabot Orton

My brothers, Dad and I are the owners of The Vermont Country Store selling items that simplify your life and aren't sold anywhere else.

I'm Cabot Orton. My family runs The Vermont Country Store, and we have since 1946. There's no place in America like Vermont. Our hills and valleys are dotted with small towns, separated by forests and meadows. We live in many ways as our great grandparents did. Things change slowly. Authenticity matters where artifice fails. Vermonters are a hardy, self-sufficient bunch who, in the words of Calvin Coolidge, "beggar themselves to serve others." They are ingenious, independent and resilient. When families live in the same place for generations, they open to newcomers gradually, and trust neighbors completely. We survive and thrive over the generations by depending on one another. Our State motto prescribes this way of life: Freedom and Unity. Though my brothers and I love to travel and visit new places, Vermont will always be our home.

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